Comment about the two books. They are not that bad for the adults (though the total unconcern for money seems odd – it seems like they belong to a much higher income bracket then I would expect … anyway, let’s get off that tangent) ingrained gender role expectations, but the ways the kids were stereotyped into acceptable play activities irritated me to an unreasonable extent. I don’t know if I will bother looking up any more books from this author. I got them from the library and they were ok enough for a driving day, but I could have used something a bit more gripping.

I did not do much craft wise, cause I spent most of the day driving from Columbia to Chicago area, and then just hanging out with A, had dinner with Big J, JJ, and A. It was a very nice day. I consulted with JJ about his scarf (I thought it might have been too long, he said he liked the length, so I guess I won’t shorten it) and if he wanted his gloves or his socks next. He said socks. So I spent the rest of the evening winding the two skeins of yarn into balls. I have a couple of sets of needles with me, I’ll see if any of them make the texture I think I want. I am including a picture of the yarn’s label, I have two skeins of it. I should need much less then that. I am also including a picture of a book I got a while ago and have not spent the time browsing to fully appreciate it, but it seems really cool.